HB 312: "An Act making and amending appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 312 01 "An Act making and amending appropriations for the operating and loan program 02 expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; 03 making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of 04 Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective 05 date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 (SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2) * Sec. 3. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The unexpended and 08 unobligated amount of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation unrestricted revenue available for 09 appropriation, as determined by the board of directors of the Alaska Housing Finance 10 Corporation in accordance with sec. 2(c) and (d), ch. 129, SLA 1998, for the fiscal year 11 ending June 30, 2001, is appropriated to the Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 12 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 13 and all other unrestricted receipts received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 14 Corporation during fiscal year 2001 and all income earned on assets of the corporation during
01 that period are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 02 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate 03 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 04 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 05 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 06 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 07 Corporation (AHFC) from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 08 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 09 Housing loan programs $798,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 10 not subsidized by AHFC 11 Housing loan programs 70,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 12 and projects subsidized derived from arbitrage 13 by AHFC earnings 14 Housing assistance payments 16,000,000 Federal receipts 15 Section 8 program 16 (d) The sum of $17,444,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the general 17 account of the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082) is anticipated to be 18 transferred to the general fund during the fiscal year 2001 by the direction of the board of 19 directors of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. 20 * Sec. 4. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 21 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 22 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 23 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 24 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 25 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 26 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 27 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 28 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 29 fiscal year 2001 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 30 of that requirement. 31 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 2001 on revenue from the sources set out
01 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 02 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 03 * Sec. 5. ALASKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION. The unexpended 04 and unobligated balance in the Alaska science and technology endowment earnings reserve 05 on June 30, 2000, is appropriated to the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation to award 06 as grants under AS 37.17.030(d) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 07 * Sec. 6. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the 08 unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 2000, of the fiscal year 2000 general fund 09 receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110) and from the seafood marketing 10 assessment (AS 16.51.120) is appropriated to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for 11 marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 2001. 12 * Sec. 7. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. That portion of program receipts received 13 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, by the child support enforcement division that 14 is necessary to provide the minimum amount of state funds, and no more, that is necessary 15 to secure federal funding appropriated for the child support enforcement program in sec. 1 of 16 this Act is appropriated to the Department of Revenue, child support enforcement division, 17 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 18 * Sec. 8. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) Amounts equal to the 19 deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for 20 fiscal year 2000 that were made from subfunds and accounts other than the operating general 21 fund (state accounting system fund number 11100) by operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d), 22 Constitution of the State of Alaska, to repay appropriations from the budget reserve fund are 23 appropriated from the budget reserve fund to the subfunds and accounts from which they were 24 transferred. 25 (b) The appropriation in (a) of this section is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 26 Constitution of the State of Alaska. 27 * Sec. 9. DISASTER RELIEF. Federal receipts received for disaster relief are appropriated 28 to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 29 * Sec. 10. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Federal receipts, 30 designated program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146(b)(3), and receipts of commercial 31 fisheries test fishing operations under AS 37.05.146(b)(4)(U) that exceed the amounts
01 appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned on compliance with the program review 02 provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 03 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 04 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 05 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 06 statutes. 07 (c) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the 08 estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the 09 shortfall in receipts. 10 * Sec. 11. FISH AND GAME ENFORCEMENT. (a) To increase enforcement of the fish 11 and game laws of the state, the amount deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year 12 ending June 30, 2000, from criminal fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed for violation of 13 AS 16 and its implementing regulations and from the sale of forfeited property or alternative 14 damages collected under AS 16.05.195 is appropriated to the fish and game fund 15 (AS 16.05.100). 16 (b) Appropriations totaling the estimated amount of the deposits described in (a) of 17 this section are made in sec. 1 of this Act to the Department of Public Safety and the 18 Department of Law for increased enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of state fish and 19 game laws. If the receipts appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100) from the 20 sources described in (a) of this section during fiscal year 2001 fall short of the estimates 21 appropriated by this Act, each department's appropriation set out in sec. 1 of this Act is 22 reduced proportionately. 23 * Sec. 12. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 24 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 2001 is appropriated to the following 25 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 26 Power cost equalization and rural electric 60 percent 27 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 28 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 29 * Sec. 13. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $55,000 is appropriated to 30 the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, 31 information technology group programs, from designated program receipts of the information
01 technology group. 02 * Sec. 14. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. (a) The amount necessary to fund the 03 uses of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) is 04 appropriated from that account to the Department of Administration for those uses. 05 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 06 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 07 agency secured by the bond for the purpose of reclaiming state land affected by a use covered 08 by the bond. 09 * Sec. 15. INSURANCE FEES. The unexpended and unobligated balances on June 30, 10 2000, of the Department of Community and Economic Development, division of insurance, 11 general fund program receipts from insurance fees under AS 21.06.250 and general fund 12 program receipts from insurance fees under AS 21.06.250 received during the fiscal year 13 ending June 30, 2001, and other program receipts received by the division during the fiscal 14 year ending June 30, 2001, not to exceed a total appropriation of $32,100, are appropriated 15 to the Department of Community and Economic Development, division of insurance, for 16 operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 17 * Sec. 16. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $27,129,500 is 18 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 19 * Sec. 17. MEDICAID SCHOOL BASED CLAIM. If the federal receipts for the School 20 Based Services Administrative Claim under 42 U.S.C. 1396a (Sec. 1902(a)(4), Title XIX of 21 the Social Security Act) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, fall short of the estimate, 22 the amount of the shortfall is appropriated from the general fund. 23 * Sec. 18. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following estimated amounts from the unreserved 24 special accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated 25 by this Act: 26 Special highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $23,924,500 27 Special aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 5,400,000 28 * Sec. 19. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balances on 29 June 30, 2000, of the Department of Community and Economic Development, division of 30 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 31 AS 08.01.065, general fund program receipts received from occupational licensing fees under
01 AS 08.01.065 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and other program receipts received 02 by the division during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, not to exceed a total appropriation 03 of $300, are appropriated to the Department of Community and Economic Development, 04 division of occupational licensing, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 05 * Sec. 20. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 06 ACCOUNT. The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 07 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 08 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 09 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 10 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 2000, not otherwise appropriated by 11 this Act; 12 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, estimated 13 to be $10,900,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.300. 14 * Sec. 21. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 15 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 16 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 17 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 18 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 19 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 2000, not otherwise appropriated by 20 this Act; 21 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, from the 22 surcharge levied under AS 43.55.201. 23 * Sec. 22. REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA. The unexpended and 24 unobligated balance on June 30, 2000, of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska receipts 25 account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 2000 26 is appropriated to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska for fiscal year 2001 expenditures. 27 * Sec. 23. RETAINED FEES. The amount retained to compensate the collector or trustee 28 of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state during the fiscal year ending 29 June 30, 2001, is appropriated for that purpose to the agency authorized by law to generate 30 the revenue. 31 * Sec. 24. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 2000
01 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 20, ch. 137, SLA 1998), plus the fiscal year 2000 02 program receipts of the Alaska Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount 03 expended or obligated for the 2000 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from 04 general fund program receipts to the Alaska Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 2001 05 annual governor's safety conference. 06 * Sec. 25. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The operating budget 07 appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act include amounts to 08 implement the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements listed in (b) of this 09 section and for salary and benefit adjustments for university employees who are not members 10 of a collective bargaining unit. 11 (b) Funding for the following collective bargaining agreements is included in the 12 appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act: 13 Alaska Classified Employees Association, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska; 14 Alaska Community College Federation of Teachers, representing certain 15 employees of the University of Alaska; 16 United Academics, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska; 17 United Academics-Adjuncts, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska. 18 (c) The operating budget appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act to the University 19 of Alaska include any increase or decrease caused by changes to the public employees' 20 retirement system or teachers' retirement system contribution rates. 21 * Sec. 26. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 22 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.028 in calendar year 1999 and deposited in the general fund under 23 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Community and 24 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 2001 to qualified regional associations 25 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 26 * Sec. 27. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amount necessary to refund to local 27 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 28 following programs is appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 29 payment in fiscal year 2001: 30 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 31 fisheries taxes (AS 43.75) 2000
01 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 2000 02 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 2001 03 electric and telephone cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 2001 04 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 2001 05 * Sec. 28. STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay 06 interest on any revenue anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under 07 AS 43.08 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment 08 of the interest on those notes. 09 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 10 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 11 committee for payment of principal and interest on those bonds. 12 (c) The sum of $15,793,430 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt 13 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 14 (d) The sum of $12,857,805 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 15 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for trustee fees and lease payments relating to 16 certificates of participation issued for real property. 17 (e) The sum of $7,906,977 is appropriated from the International Airports Revenue 18 Fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 19 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 20 (f) The sum of $52,818,852 is appropriated to the Department of Education and Early 21 Development for state aid for costs of school construction under AS 14.11.100 from the 22 following sources: 23 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) $23,481,517 24 School fund (AS 43.50.140) 29,337,335 25 (g) The sum of $3,541,385 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department 26 of Administration for payment of obligations to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for 27 the Robert B. Atwood Building in Anchorage. 28 (h) The sum of $1,680,000 is appropriated from interest earnings of the Alaska clean 29 water fund (AS 46.03.032) to the Alaska clean water fund revenue bond redemption fund 30 (AS 37.15.560) for payment of principal of and interest, redemption premium, and trustee fees, 31 if any, on bonds issued by the Alaska clean water fund under AS 37.15.560.
01 (i) Section 69, ch. 2, FSSLA 1999, is amended to read: 02 Sec. 69. The [IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE PAID 03 BY THE STATE FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON ALL ISSUED AND 04 OUTSTANDING STATE-GUARANTEED BONDS, THE] sum of $2,450,000 is 05 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt retirement fund 06 (AS 37.15.011) [STATE BOND COMMITTEE FOR PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL 07 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THOSE BONDS]. 08 * Sec. 29. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 09 of the employment assistance and training program account (AS 23.15.625) on June 30, 2000, 10 is appropriated to the employment assistance and training program account for the fiscal year 11 ending June 30, 2001. 12 * Sec. 30. STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUND. If the unrestricted state revenue 13 available for appropriation in fiscal year 2001 is insufficient to cover the general fund 14 appropriations made for fiscal year 2001, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general 15 fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund 16 (AS 37.05.540). 17 * Sec. 31. STORAGE TANK ASSISTANCE FUND. The sum of $5,239,700 is 18 appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account 19 (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year 20 ending June 30, 2001. 21 * Sec. 32. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount from student loan borrowers of 22 the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education that is assessed for loan origination fees 23 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, is appropriated to the origination fee account 24 (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student Loan Corporation for 25 the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 26 * Sec. 33. TEACHER CERTIFICATION. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 27 June 30, 2000, of the Department of Education and Early Development, teacher certification 28 general fund program receipts from certification fees under AS 14.20.020(c) is included in the 29 amount appropriated in sec. 1 of this Act to the Department of Education and Early 30 Development, teacher certification, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 31 2001.
01 * Sec. 34. TEST FISHERY RECEIPTS. The unexpended and unobligated amount of 02 commercial fisheries test fishing operations receipts (AS 37.05.146(b)(4)(U)) from the harvest 03 and sale of crab for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, is appropriated to the Department 04 of Fish and Game for operations of the shellfish onboard observer program in the division of 05 commercial fisheries management and development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 06 * Sec. 35. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 3, 9, 07 11(a), 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 28(c), (h), and (i), and 32 of this Act are for the capitalization of 08 funds and do not lapse. 09 * Sec. 36. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2000.